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Gag grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot67
- Florida pompano66
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Summer flounder61
- Crevalle jack58
- King mackerel57
- Spanish mackerel57
- Gray snapper56
- Red drum56
- Black drum53
- Southern flounder51
- Black sea bass48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Gag grouper47
- Little tunny47
- Red snapper47
- Red grouper46
- Spotted seatrout45
- Sheepshead44
- Weakfish44
- Greater amberjack42
- Cobia41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Gag grouper
- Now
- 475 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.4 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Saturday, Oct 3 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
68Water temp: 79°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Gag grouper
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Gag grouper is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with SCDNR before you keep a fish.
Source: SCDNR · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gag grouper is best here
Shoulder season for Gag grouper · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bull Breakers
- Depth
- 10-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGag grouper
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Bull Breakers
Bull Breakers is a bar in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 10-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Gag grouper
- Gag hold on ledges, rock piles and wrecks, from 15 to 40 feet in the fall on Florida's Gulf coast out to 250 feet the rest of the year. Troll deep-diving plugs to find productive rocks, then anchor and drop or freeline live pinfish or pigfish on a strong circle hook. Keep the drag tight and turn the fish in the first few seconds or it will reach the rocks.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Bull Harbor76
Bay · 5.0 mi
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- Spot 76
- Crevalle jack 65
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- Price Inlet75
Bay · 5.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 70
7 kt ENEH 5:43 PM · 5.3 ftL 11:35 PM · 1.1 ft
- Bird Island Shoal70
Bar · 5.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 66
4 kt NEH 5:30 PM · 5.5 ftL 11:41 PM · 1.2 ft
- Northeast Point69
Cape · 3.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 69
- Spot 67
- Atlantic tarpon 61
4 kt NEH 5:30 PM · 5.5 ftL 11:41 PM · 1.2 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with SCDNR before you keep a fish.